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Intensive In Home Services


Short term, crisis intervention and related support services provided to clients in their own homes.  Services may include 24 hour emergency response in order to stabilize families, promote safety, prevent out of home placement and maintain children in their current living situation.

 

  1. 90% of families that have completed an intervention will have their children at home at 6 months post discharge
  2. 85% of families that have completed an intervention will have their children at home at 12 months post discharge
  3. 90% of families who have completed an intervention will have no new substantiated allegations of abuse or neglect at 6 months post discharge
  4. 85% of families who have completed an intervention will have no new substantiated allegations of abuse or neglect at 12 months post discharge
  5. 80% of children participating in the program at a particular point will demonstrate an improvement in at least one life domain functioning as measured by an objective tool
    a.  For CSOC (formerly DCBHS) – post 72 hour Mobile Response and Stabilization Services (MRSS) period
    b.  For other programs – TBD%
  6. 90% of children receiving services will remain in their original placement upon discharge (MRSS only)
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Teaching Homemaker/Homemaker/Home Visitation Services


Home management for clients in their own homes provided to achieve and/or maintain an adequate household and/or adequate personal health care.

  1. 90% of families that have completed an intervention will have their children at home at 6 months post discharge  (Teaching Homemaker)
  2. 85% of families that have completed an intervention will have their children at home at 12 months post discharge  (Teaching Homemaker)
  3. 90% of families who have completed an intervention will have no substantiated allegations of abuse or neglect at 6 months post discharge  (Teaching Homemaker)
  4. 85% of families who have completed an intervention will have no substantiated allegations of abuse or neglect at 12 months post discharge  (Teaching Homemaker)
  5. 90% of school-aged children will improve in their school attendance  (Teaching Homemaker)
  6. 100% of children are enrolled in health insurance  (Home Visitation/Nurse-Family Partnership)
  7. 85% of children are up-to-date on immunizations  (Home Visitation/Nurse-Family Partnership)
  8. 80% of participants will increase their average inter-pregnancy interval (birth to conception) to 24 months  (Home Visitation/Nurse-Family Partnership)
  9. 100% of infants/children will have a medical home  (Home Visitation/Nurse-Family Partnership)
  10. 90% of infants will be screened for developmental delays  (Home Visitation/Nurse-Family Partnership)
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Companionship/Mentoring Services


In-home and community-based advocacy, recreational, vocational, educational, outreach or supportive services that incorporate positive youth development strategies and techniques to prevent out of home placement, deter juvenile delinquency, promote safety, prevent teen pregnancy, and help adolescents transition safely to adulthood.

  1. 80% of youth will move to less restrictive care, remain in their home, reside independently, or will be stabilized in foster care/group home  within 12 months of implementation of services
  2. 80% of youth referred will be successfully transitioned to the community from out of home placement  within 12 months of implementation of services
  3. 80% of youth and families will show significant progress toward meeting priority needs as identified in their individual service plan within six months of referral
  4. 80% of youth regularly attend school
  5. 80% of youth remain free of adjudication with the juvenile justice system
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Case Management Services


Services include assessing, monitoring and coordinating services to enable children to stay in their communities.  The goal is to serve a child in the least restrictive environment possible with a seamless, coordinated system of care based on the needs and strengths of the child and family.

  1. 75% of families participating will demonstrate their ability to manage their family plan
  2. 75% of children will live in the least restrictive setting that is most appropriate for their clinical needs
  3. 75% of children will improve or remain stable in their educational setting 
  4. 75% of children will have reduced length of stay in Detention post disposition  (Care Management Organizations)
  5. 65% of children will have a decrease in emotional/behavioral needs and a reduction in risk behaviors
  6. 65% of children enrolled with a current living situation of “least restrictive” will remain stable
  7. 85% of families will indicate that they are satisfied or very satisfied with the service provided to them by the program  (Differential Response)
  8. 65% of families will not have any substantiated allegations of child abuse and/or neglect within 12 months of completing services through the program  (Differential Response)
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Behavioral Support Services


Services that focus on maintaining the child in their home, supporting the resource parent, and providing behavioral assistance to children and families in their current living arrangements.

  1. 80% of children will maintain placement at 3 months and 6 months as measured by follow-up phone call  (child-specific program)
  2. 85% of children will show improvement through measurement by an objective tool (i.e. Child Well Being Scale or Attachment Scale)  (child-specific program)
  3. 85% of parents will be satisfied with the retention specialist and services provided  (resource/adoptive parent-specific program)
  4. 90% of referral sources will be satisfied with the retention specialist and services provided  (resource/adoptive parent-specific program)
  5. 75% of resource and adoptive parents receiving retention services will continue to care for a child placed with them until permanency is achieved  (resource/adoptive parent-specific program)
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